Laundry-tag.



F. L. BORCHERT.

LAUNDRY TAG.

APPLICATION FILED 17110.10, 1913.

1,120,592. Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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FIRED L. BOECHERI, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

LAUNDRY-TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 10, 1913. Serial No. 805,788

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED L. Bonorrnn'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rockford, in the county of Winnebago and the State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Laundry-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to tags which present a marking face and areadapted to be affixed to the edge of a garment or piece of material andto remain permanently aflixed until manually detached; such tags beingparticularly adapted for use in laundries to distinguish the goods ofdifferent customers.

h Iy invention has for its object primarily, the provision of a novelmethod of attaching an eneveloping material to a metal tagblank; and bymy improved method of at tachment I obtain several independent features,viz., a maximum marking face, retain the strength in the bend and sidesof the tag, obviate unnecessary metal extensions on the inner sides ofthe tag which would tend to hinder a tight grip of the tag upon thegarment, and obtain an envelop unremov able except by tearing it fromthe metal blank.

A further object of my invention is to provide atag of the abovementioned character which shall be devoid of openings or slots at itsbending portion and yet bend always with its sides square relative toeach other.

In laundry-tags and the like it is a common practice to form at the bendofthetag openings or slits in the metal, some for the purpose of makingan easy and guided bend and others because the .metal of the cut outopenings is utilized as fastening means for attaching the envelop to thetag-blank. Various defects arise from these structures of tags, whichdefects I obviate by the aforementioned features of my invention; but itwill be observed in the said common structure of tag that with the slotsor openings in the bends the tag is weakened materially, is of lowclasping efficiency and often breaks at its bend, and-that the employingof metal from openings at the bend to overlap the envelop to attachsame, results in the envelop being very insecurely attached and in theoverlapped portions of metal hindering the closing of the tag. 7

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 shows the method of cutting atag-blank from a metal strip. Fig. 2 is a view in perspective of theblank formed with spurs. Fig. 8 is a view of the blank in perspectiveshowing the blank formed with a bending crease and with rips forengaging the en- Patented Dec. 8,1914.

velop, a portion of the blank being shown in section. Fig. 4: is a viewof an envelopblank. Fig. 5 is a view in perspective showing the envelopattached to the blank, a portion being shown in section. Fig. 6 is aview in perspective of a completed tag ready to be attached to agarment.

The tag bodies are formed by being out from a strip of pliable metal 7into a rectangular blank 8, and in such a manner that the dividing outforms a beveled edge 9 on one corner and a pointed extended edge 10 onthe opposite corner of the blank 8, the preceding out having left apointed end 11 on the corner of the blank diagonal from 10 and anopposite rounded corner. When these pointed ends 10 and 11 have beenturned up as in Fig. 2 (determining the inner side of the blank) theyform spurs and also accomplish the beveling of these corners, thebeveling of all the corners of the blank preventing injuries such asresult from sharp corners. On each of the sides of the blank, adjacentthe spurs 10 and 11 is raised a spur 12, so that there is a pair ofspurs on each side of the blank at two diagonally opposite corners. Acrease or impression 13 may be made on the inner side of the blank,dividing the blank into two equal side sections, this crease being-justsufiicient to insure a square bending of the sides relative to eachother without dimina ishing the strength of the back. A plurality ofslits are made in each side section, spaced apart and extendingtransverse to the crease 13; and the dies or tools in forming theseslits are forced through the tag-blank to the slits, thereby formingapertures 14 with raised or ribbed edges, these ribbed apertures beinggrips for engaging an enveloping material applied to the blank. Theseveral operations upon a blankthe forming and raisingvof spurs 1O, 11and 12, forming thecrease l8 and the grips-may be accomplished in anysuitable number of. operations; and the blank in this form is completeto receive the enveloping material.

The tag-blank is placed spurs up, upon an elongated blank of fabric 15suitable for marking .purposes, and the ends of said fabric are foldedover the top of the side sections of the tag-blank, each end beingpierced by one or both of the spurs of said side sections, the said endsterminating adjacent the crease 13. The fabric thus envelops bothsidesof the tag-blank with-the exception of the crease, and thus verylittle of the metal is exposed that could cause tarnishing when the tagis applied for use. With said fabric ends overlapping the apertures l ta fiat faced tool is brought down upon the said apertured portions withsufficient force to close the ribbed edges of the aperturessubstantially flat with the blank sides; and in so doing, the fabricmaterial overlying the apertures will be compressed thereinto andgripped between saidrilobed edges in such a manner that the i fabricbecomes positively and securely engaged withthe tag-blank so as topresent a fiat smooth structure (clearly shown in Fig. 5). It will beseen that with this manner of attaching the envelop to the tag-blankboth sides of the blank are left perfectly flat, and when the tag isbent upon its crease (as shown in Fig. 6) only the spurs projectinwardly. The crease or impression 13 will cause the sides to bendsquarely with re-. spect to each other and thus when a tag is attachedto a garment the spurs will positively engage same, where if the sidesbend obliquely their spurs do not engage the gar 1 ment effectively, andin a short time the tag will become loosened and detached. Since thespurs are located diagonally opposite on the blank they project fromdiagonally opposite edges of the open ends of the folded tag; and wheninserting the edgeof material into the tag mouth the material should becanted in respect to said mouth to avoid the spurs. There are no otherobstructions to the entering material and when the sides of the tag areclasped'firmly together the spurs engage the material and their pointsbend under the pressure to further engagement. It will be observed thatthere are no projections oppositely locatedon the inner sides of theside sections that could strike and stop the said sides from completeclosure, and that the tag presents entirely flat sidesfor markingpurposes and has a solid Wise relative to the bend they do not'weakenthe tag when they have been compressed flat with the sides of thelatter.

I claim as my invention:

l. A laundry tag comprising a sheet metal body member of U-shape intransverse section formed with a plurality of transversely disposedslits in each 'of its sides and with inwardly projecting spurs atopposite ends of the outer edge portions of said sides, respectively,the edges of said slits being bent back-toward each other, and a fabricenvelop the intermediate portion of which covers the outersurfaces ofthe sides and back of said body member and the end portions of whichcover the inner surfaces-of the sides of said body member, parts of theend portions of said fabric being pinched between the edges of saidslits'wher'eby'said' fabric covering is secured in place on said bodymember.

2. A laundry tag, comprising a substantially U-shaped metallic bodyportion pro-.''

vided with a plurality of punched slits disposed transversely to theline of bend of said body portion, the edges of said slits being forcedback into the slitsf'to substantially. the plane of'the body portion, apart of the body portion beingremoved at some of the corners .to formbevels and a part being bent inwardly at other corners to form bevelsand fastening spurs, so as to transversely to the line of bend of saidbody portion, the edges, of saidslits being bent back toward eachother,the corners of said body portion being beveled and a fabricenvelop disposed over the outer faces of, said body with its ends turnedinwardly over the longitudinal edges of said body and covering theopposed innerfacesof, said body,

the material of said fabric envelop being engaged in and pinched betweenthe opposed edges of said slits to h; ld the envelop in position ongthebody portion. I

4:. A laundry tag, comprising. a'sheet metal body bent to substantiallyU-shape provided with punched slits at an angle to the line of bend, theedges of said slits being forced back into the "slits to substan tiallythe plane of the body, and a fabric envelop disposed over the outersurfaces of my hand in presence of two subscribing saiddpody and hfivingitsf ends fturned) i5]: witnesses. war y to cover t e inner aces o sai 0approximately to the bend, said envelop be FRED BORGHERT' 5 ing grippedbetween the opposed edges of Witnesses:

said slits and retained in position thereby. REUBEN REDIN,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set JOHN BLAAM.

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